In re 1250 Oceanside Partners

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON REQUEST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE

ROBERT J. FARIS, Bankruptcy Judge.

The Batiste creditors objected to confirmation of the debtors’ plan. A half-hour before the confirmation hearing, the Batiste creditors, the debtors, and others entered into a stipulation that doubled the unsecured creditors’ recovery under the plan and allowed the plan to be confirmed without a contested hearing.

I am required to decide whether and to what extent the Batiste creditors are entitled to an administrative expense claim for attorney’s fees and costs they incurred during this case. Because…